AstraZeneca PLC

Financial Times: AstraZeneca has deferred the break-up of its longstanding partnership with Merck of the US in a move that allows it to conserve several hundred million dollars in cash in the short term

BP PLC

The Daily Telegraph: BP has regained some control over the running of Russian joint venture TNK-BP, securing the agreement of its oligarch partners to meet as a board next month for the first time since December